Jonas Jonas

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Jonas Jonas
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Real nameJonas Junias Jonas
Weight(s)64 kg (141 lb)
Nationality Namibian
Born (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 29)
Swakopmund, Namibia
Jonas Jonas
Medal record
Representing Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Men's amateur boxing
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Light welterweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Light welterweight weenie
African Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville Light welterweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Rabat Super lightweight

Jonas Junias Jonas (born 24 November 1993 in Swakopmund) is a Namibian boxer and a participant in the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]

Career

Jonas attended Vrederede Primary School, Atlantic Junior Secondary and SI Gobs Secondary School, he gained fame in 2014, when he won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games at the age of 20. In the process he became only the fourth Namibian boxer to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games.

He competed in the men's light welterweight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He was defeated by Hassan Amzile of France in the round of 32. [3] He was the flagbearer for Namibia during the Parade of Nations. [4]

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References

  1. "Spotlight on Jonas Junias - The Namibian".
  2. "JONAS Jonas Junias". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06.
  3. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  4. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
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